Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Pfhals, Chris J. February 15, 1850 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 21, 2009, 9:39 am Author: Hardin & Willard Pfhals, Chris. J., Frankfort, was born in Utica, February 15, 1850. He was a son of Christian and Louisa (Hornung) Pfhals, of Utica. He learned the trade of carpenter when young, working at his trade in Ilion for several years and at the Remington Agricultural Works two years. He came to Frankfort in 1881 and worked at his trade and ran livery business until 1885, when he became owner of the bus route to the West Shore and Central depots, also express delivery and mail carrying, which he still continues. He married, in 1881, Marion M. Watson, one of six children of Oliver W. and Lucinda (Casler) Watson, both of Frankfort. Robert Watson, the grandfather, was a native of Massachusetts, and came to Frankfort in the winter of 1777. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/pfhals952gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb